EPA TRI Facility · Food
Armour Eckrich LLC
Saint Charles, IL · Parent: United Global Foods US Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 2.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Armour Eckrich LLC: how the 2.6K lbs splits
2.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.6K lbs 100.0%
Armour Eckrich LLC's 2.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Sodium nitrite.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Armour Eckrich LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Charles, IL, in the food sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 12,362 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Armour Eckrich LLC is pounds #547 and chemical-count #826 at 2.6K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: United Laboratories Inc; Nidec Mobility America Corp; Sun Chemical Corp; Tiger Drylac USA Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Willow Brook Foods; Blue Bell Creameries; Elite Spice Inc.; La Quesera Mexicana. Other United Global Foods US Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp Smithfield, Va Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite.
Armour Eckrich LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6K lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Willow Brook Foods and Blue Bell Creameries.
Armour Eckrich LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Armour Eckrich LLC: Sodium nitrite-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Armour Eckrich LLC reports the 1,098th-largest volume (2.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sodium nitrite alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Willow Brook Foods and Blue Bell Creameries.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Armour Eckrich LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Sodium nitrite at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Armour Eckrich LLC's total reported releases fell from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Armour Eckrich LLC's off-site transfers fell from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Armour Eckrich LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Armour Eckrich LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (1.1K lbs to 0 lbs).
Armour Eckrich LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Armour Eckrich LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2021 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 2.6K lbs | - |
Armour Eckrich LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Armour Eckrich LLC
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including United Laboratories Inc, Nidec Mobility America Corp, Sun Chemical Corp, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Armour Eckrich LLC on cumulative reported pounds (2.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Joyson Safety Systems, Beauty Manufacturing Solutions Corp., Dayton Progress. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
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Other United Global Foods US Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls, Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel, Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Sodium nitrite; nearby reporters include United Laboratories Inc. Armour Eckrich LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Armour Eckrich LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Armour Eckrich LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Charles, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 0.3% of Kane TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Joyson Safety Systems (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Armour Eckrich LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov